has written three award-winning novels, “Purple Hibiscus,” “Half of a Yellow Sun” and “Americanah"
The Nigerian author is also a well-known lecturer whose TEDGlobal talk, “The Danger of a Single Story,” from 2009 has more than 22 million views.
The late writer, poet and activist’s novels and short stories reflect social issues and sexuality.
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His best-known include 1956’s “Giovanni’s Room,” about a young American man who has an affair with an Italian man named Giovanni, and 1974’s “If Beale Street Could Talk,” a love story set in Harlem during the 1970s, which was adapted into a feature film in 2018.
Queen Sugar was adapted as a series by Ava DuVernay for OWN, Oprah Winfrey’s television network, in 2016.
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It also made the USA TODAY Best-Selling Books list. The novel tells the story of Charley Bordelon, a woman who moves to Louisiana when she unexpectedly inherits a sugarcane farm.
Briscoe became a best-selling author with the publication of her first novel, 1994's “Sisters and Lovers”
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Briscoe became a best-selling author with the publication of her first novel, 1994's “Sisters and Lovers,” about three sisters living just outside Washington, D.C., wishing their life was different.
Her other well-known titles include “Big Girls Don’t Cry,” “P.G. County,” “Sisters and Husbands” and “Money Can’t Buy Love.”
From the mid-1990s to the early 2000s, the late author made herself at home on USA TODAY’s Best-Selling Books list.
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Her first novels, "Your Blues Ain't Like Mine,” “Brothers and Sisters,” “Singing in the Comeback Choir” and “What You Owe Me,” all appeared on the list.
She was a well-known advocate for people with mental illness, and her last novel, “72 Hour Hold,” depicted a woman’s struggles in finding treatment for her daughter’s bipolar disorder.
The Canadian author's first novel, "Soucouyant" was nominated and won myriad awards.
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His follow-up, 2017's "Brother," the story of two brothers raised by an immigrant mother, won the Toronto Book Award and the Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize.
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Her works span from historical and science fiction to romance novels featuring LGBTQ relationships.
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Her latest work, September's “When No One Is Watching,” is a thriller where a Brooklyn neighborhood’s revitalization turns out to be deadly.
Her debut novel,“The Girl With the Louding Voice, has made an impression with critics and readers.
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aabout a teenager trapped in a life of servitude.
The novel was chosen as a February pick for Jenna Bush Hager’s Read With Jenna club and was chosen by Amazon Editors as one of the best books of the year so far.